Attachment for barber shears



Aug. 28, 1923.

' A. SCHUSTER I ATTACHMENT FOR BARBER SHEARS Filed May 7. 1921 Gum/nu,

Fatented Aug, 28, 192?.

ATTACHMEIJT Leon Biases tastes;

Application filed May 7, 1921,; seriai iro. 467,715.}

T (ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, AN'roN-Sormsrnn, a

citizen of the United States, residing at-St; Louis and State of Missouri, have lnvented certain new and useful Improvements in Jittachments for Barber Shears, of which the followin 'is a specification, referencebeing had to 'theaccompanying drawings.

Considerable trouble and inconvenience has been experienced in hair cutting, owing to the hair bunching betweenthe cutting edges of the shears, and very often sliding a short distance along the cutting edges, when the blades are moved toward each other, and'this is particularly true when the cutting edgesbecome dull.

Therefore it is the purpose of the present inventionto provide an attachment preferably carried by the top or outer shear blade and provided with teeth to not only prevent slipping of the hair, but also to hold the hair uniformly, in fact even throughout the length of the cuttingedge of the blade. The teeth are'formed on the attachment,- so as to project aslight distance over the cutting edge, in order to be engaged by the hair, and yet not to interfere with the'cutting action.

Devices of this kind have been heretofore used, but they are more or less complicated, particularly in the construction of the -means, which holds the attachment to theblade. For'instance in the devices which have been'used alterations or changes have been made in the construction of the shear blade, such as forming holes toreceiVe screws, in order to holdfthe attachment in position. It can be readily understood that the formation" of holes in the shear blade weakens the blade, and at the same time makes the attachment complicated, and more difficult to remove when it is desired to sharpen the cutting edge of the blade; WVhen sharpening the edge of the blade, the blade naturally becomes heated owing to th e'friction of the blade on the sharpenin member, which results in warping the b ade, and

more so if the blade is weakened, bythe formation of slots, screw holes or grooves in the blade. When the blade is again used,

it is necessary to remove the warp, in fact reset the blade, this is done by hammering the warped blade with the sharpened edge of the specially constructed hammer. This work requires skill ordinarily,and in cases where the blade has grooves, slots, or openings, the blade considerably, there fore after "sharpening a bladefof this kind, it entails extraordinary skill :tO Ifeset' the blade, infactto removeft-he warp,"

' The purpose of setting forth ,ofthe above conditions, is to point out why averyisimple' attachment of the present fki-nd is deemed advantageous from a device of a complicatedconstruction and for the same purpose.

For instancethe present attachment com;

prises a relatively rigid piece of'sheet metal,

preferably steel, conforming to and fitting upon the outer ofr' upper;cuttingshear blade, the same being held in place by friction, and without any slots, screw holes, grooves or the like. It is well known that a shear blade adjacent the back edge is relatively thick,

' and of. a substantial" uniform thickness throughout the length 'ofthefblade, the blade being taperedin cross s'e ction, so therefore,

should an attachment, as'inthe' present case be afforded to conform to the shape of the blade in cross section, it maybe held upon the blade frictionally.

An attachment of this extremely simple. 7

character is particularly advantageous over the heretofore complicated constructions, and whenithe attachment is removed Tforthe purpose of sharpening the blade, the usual or ordinary skill may beexercised when resetting or removing the warp from theblade, hence the necessity of avoiding th'eQu'se of grooves, slots, screws or other complicated means for retaining an attachmentbf this character on a shearblade.

A further purpose embodies the provision.

of a sheet metal'attachment, which fitsjthe outer face of the blade, conforming thereto, and has .on one edge a flange overlying the inner surface of the blade, the body 0f the sheet metal attachment being disposed at an acute angle to'the fiange,vin order to conform to the blade, an'dr'etain the attachment in position. The other'edge'of the sheet which overliejthe cutting edge, and act to engagebetween the hairs, space'them, hold themuniform'ly, and atthe same'time preventing them fromslipping as the cutting edges move toward each other. 1 v

imetal attachment is provided with teeth,

While the design and construction at p res- I ent illustrated and set forth is deemed preferable, it is obvious that as'a result of a reduction of the invention to a more practical form for commercial purposes, thejln'vention may be susceptible of'changes, and the right to these changes is" claimed, provided they r are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

.The invention comprises further features and combination oitparts, as will be hereinatter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed. 7 r

In the drawings:

Figuiel is a plan view of a pair of barber shears, showing the jouter or stop blade thereof equipped with'fthe sheet metal attachiiient, 1""oii holding the hairs iniii'ornily.

FigureQ is a; plan view oiia portion of the outer or upperf cutting blade, showing the b 1 means of the usual-screw B and 31'0':

vided with shanks 4:, which terminate in tinger engaging grips 5 and 6. The finger engaging'gr p or eye 5 has a tiiigerpiecc 7 projecting therefrom, which 'n'iay be en- .gaged byfthe fingers oi the hand, when operating the shear 'bladesI As a rule the outer or upper blade .2 is

operated to a greater degree than the other blade, OWiHg t-O the fact that practically all the fingers of the liand -engage with the 7 shank of this blade, therefore'resulting in constant movement oi", the linger engaged shank in a direction toward the thumb engaged shank. I

The attachment comprises: a body plate 8 of sheet metalpreferably steel, and which is tapered as shown conforming to the blade,

I The body of the attachmentrisesadjaceiit the Quter'inc-linedfaCeE) oi the blade 2. One

edge of the sheet inetal body has a flange 10,

which conforms r01 and engages. the back edge 11 of the bladev 2, and this jflange 1O termi'natcsin an additional flange 12, which is infparallelisin with a part of the sheet 7 metal body. -The flange 12 is disposed at right angles to the fiangejlt), and lies adjacent to and e'ngagesfthe inner face of the blade 2.. Owingto this arrangement, the

flange l2 extends at an acute angle to the body plate 8, which results. in a cooperation between the body plate andflthe flange 12, to hold the sheet metal bodyin position on "the blade. This-flange 12 adjacent its'oppositei end gradually merges into the sheet metal body, as indicated at 13 (Figure 2).

p The adjacenti'nner faces of the blades of the 'tirety.

position l'QliLtlVBly to the outer or.

is claimed as being usefulisz shears do not-engagethroughout their en- In fact portions of the 'ad acent faces of the blades never engage, that is such T portions which are "immediately' adjacent the back edges l'l-ot' the blades,-hencel pen mitting of the overlying position of the flange 12. p H V 7 The other edge of the sheet inetalzbody is provided with a plurality of relatively long teeth 14;,XVlllCl1-QJGIIBlthQI too'short, or'too long, for it should be borne in m nd; that these teeth are of sufficient length to overlie.

the cutting edges of one orthe other o l said blades, preferably thexoi'iter or top blade, so that when operating the shear blade, the hair will become evenly distributed along the cutting edge, uniformly, and at the same time preventing slipping of therhair.

As shown in Figure 3 the elongated teeth 1% do not in any wayinterfere with the cutting action of the cutting edge of the shear blade. he cutting edges of both blades, when in action, move toward and from each other,

and since the teeth are so disposed, the'hair is held uniformly and evenly distributed, which will result in facilitating the cutting of hair. i o g V i It will be noted that the portion of the shear bladenearest the pivot 8 is substantially' of uniform width for a short distance from the pivot, In factthe'opposite edges of saidblade for a distance are substantially in parallelism, thereby lessening the chances of the attachment slidingoti the blade, due to the taper of the sheet metal body. 1

The invention having been set forth, what Asan article of manufacture, an attach neiit adapted to be used in connection with shear blades, comprising a sheet metal body adapted to l e against'theouter inclinedface of a shear blade, one edge of the body having relatively long sharp teeth overlying J and extending in advance of the cutting edge of the sheargblade and aligned with said sheet metal body, the other edge of the body terminating in a flange rectangular in cross section having all of its sides engaging flatly against the threefaces of theback edge of the shear blade which is rectangular in cro'ss section, a portion of said fiangedisposed against theinner face of the shear blade, and extending at ,anacute angle to the body of the; ,plate,thereby actingito .i-etain the sheet metal body on the plate.

In testimonyfwhereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

i ANTON soiinsrnn. 

